Superman 1938 Issue 1

ATTENDANTS, UNAWARE THE CHILDS

PHYSICAL STRUCTURE WAS MILLIONS

OF YEARS ADVANCED OF THEIR

OWN, WERE ASTOUNOED AT HS
FEATS OF STRENGTH

Weer me

VEHICLE
= LANOED
SEES ON EARTH,
ROME SIEG!
SHU:
mS

Yel EL YY ‘ A Passine
= JOE TET MOTORIST.

DISCOVERING
THE SLEEP-
ING BABE
WITHIN,
TURNED
THE CHILD
OVER TO
JAN ORPHAN-
AGE

As A DISTANT PLANET
WAS DESTROYED BY OLD
AGE, A_ SCIENTIST PLACED
HIS INFANT SON WITHIN
A_HASTILY DEVISED
SPACE ~SHIP, LAUNCHING
ir TOWARD EARTH /

E ARLY,

CLARK
DECIDED
HE MUST
TURN
HIS TITANIC
STRENGTH
INTO
CHANNELS,
THAT WOULD
GENEFIT
MANKIND
°

AND SO
WAS

CREATED. .,

Wf Lear 1H OF A
Wj] MILE 3 HUROLE &

TWENTY: STORY

BUILDING » +

PENETRATE
HIS SKI,

RUN FASTER THAN AN EXPRESS TRAIN - .

A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF CLARK
KENTS AMAZING STRENGTH

INCREDIBLE ? NO! FOR EVEN TODAY ON OUR
CREATURES WITH SUPER: STRENGTH

REACHING
MATURITY,
THE PEOPLE

és PAW i

THE GRASSHOPPER LEADS
WHAT TO MAN WOULD
BE THE SPACE OF SEV-

CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED,
THE PHYSICAL MARVEL WHO

HUNDREDS OF TIMES

HAD SWORN TO DEVOTE INS
EXISTENCE To HELPING THOSE srnenema! ITS OWN |, ERAL CITy BLOCKS
IN NEEO z S

A TRECESS FIGURE RACES THRU THE GOVERNOR'S ESTATE FINALLY
THE NIGHT "SECONDS COUNT. . S REACHED
OELAY MEANS FORFEIT OF AN INNOC

MAKE /OuRSELE

RT AGLE
1 MAVENT TIME
TO aTTEND To IT

THIS 1S 1LLEGAL ANSWER MY QUESTION!
ENTRY! ILL HAVE ame roe SONG TO
YOU ARRESTED!

~ =r SWERNOR 2

BELIEVING THE GOVERNOR MENACED BY
MADMAN, THE @UTLER PRODUCES
A SONGEALED WEAPON /

PONT YOU REALIZE ?
ivE PROOF SHE'S \ CONNECT ME
- INNOCENT AND N
THIS 15 NO WOO YOU ALONE CAN

TIME FOR S SAVE HER / LET ME SEE
d <

THOSE PAPERS f

NEXT MORNING AS Ki OR THE
S

ENT LEAVE
NEWSPAPER UPON WHICH HE
AS A REPORTER « s 6

of Y@S--- BUT HERES RET =
A NOTE HE LEFT sie. 1A Hi 2]) vets see THE
| ae —" YOU'LL FIND’ THE THE CURRY GIRL ]
NOCENT! REAL MUROERESS tS (NNOCENT /
s @OUND AND DELIVER- 4
EO ON THE LAWN : | f
OF YOUR ESTATE” M

GENTLEMEN,

LIEVE My Si

HUMAN f THANK HEAVEN

HE'S APPARENTLY ON THE SIDE
OF LAW AND OROER /

THE OA/LY STAR OFFICE IS REACHED...

BEEN STREAM- Wy
‘TA FELLOW WITH

AT 211 COURT AVE —— 3,

=
Y ASKED
FOR IT/ =
AND AOW YOURE
ro GOING TO GET A

LESSON you’LL
NEVER FoRGET!

SUDERMAN HURRIEDLY HELLO, CAPTAIN / WwHAT DO You

CONS STREET. CLOTH | ARRIVED To FIND Sky TO A—ER-=

WER HIS UNIFORM - PATE TONIGHT, LOIS ?
TT WOULD as JUST
SEARED EY. HAD DROPPED IN TO

SEARO Ie Pay A visit /

NICE- LOOKIN’ DAME

presse crank! |] |] Mime Coes
YOU ALWAYS iVE BEEN ScRiB- | fu ur ns WAIT, BUTCH!
AVOID ME AT | [BLING *SoB STORIES ESCORT DON'T LIKE IT?
THE OFFICE 2 ALL DAY LONG.
FE

DONT ASK ME To 2?
O1SH OUT ANOTHER. eer
PUSH HIS FACE In/
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RELUCTANTLY KENT ADHERES TO
BUT THIS is NOT HS ROLE OF A WE, GOOD FoR
jal 4% ROBBER'S Dancd VR SERS you, vous! |
TRYIN’ Te BIS. DANCE WiTs =

ET FLIP?
MOVE QUICK IF
Y'KNOW WHAT'S

FIGHT...
You WEAK-
UVERED
PoLe- car /

LETS GET OUT OF
HERE! ILL SHOW THAT
SKIRT SHB CANT MAKE

A FOOL OUT OF

BUTCH MATSON /

BECAUSE YOU'RE A
SPINELESS, UN@EAR:
SQWARO

f

A HIDDEN FIGURE OBSERVES BUTCH
AND HIS FELLOW HOODLUMS LEAVE
THE ROAD-HOUSH.. .

BUTCH FORCES LOIS'S TAX! GET IN THAT WHAT BURNS ME UP
INTO A BITCH / is ua ut EI
f yt
SN

PULL OVER
‘THERE /
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MA HA! Wi \N

ME SCARE H

OUT OF HIS wiTs!
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SUPERMAN HURDLES THE
ONCOMING AUTO,’

Nex,
a SUPERMAN

NER:

| TAKES

BUTCH

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BUT a FEW
SECONDS

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JUST A MINUTE,

YOU NEEONT SE
AFRAIO OF ME.
| WON'T HARM

GuT | TELL you
1 SAW SUPERMAN

1D ADVISE you LAST NIGHT J

NoT To PRINT
THIS UTTLE 7
EPISODE ARE you SURE ¥
IT WASN'T PINK
ELEPHANTS
you SAw ?

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KENT TAKES A TR,
KENT, THE FRONT PaGE 1S GETTING WASHINGTON
SO OULL IVE EVEN GOT TO HEADLINE
CARD- GAMES. ——THERES A WAR GOING
ON IN A SMALL SOUTH AMERICAN RE-
BUBLIC, SAN MONTE; AND To STIR UP
NEWS “(4 SENOING YOU OGWN THERE
4S CORRESPONDENT. TAKE ALONG
A CAMERA 4ND TRY TO SENO
BACK SOME GooD SHOTS
WITH YOUR ARTICLES

BEARING LOIS IN HIS ARMS

(4 SORRY ABOUT
LAST NIGHT-——
PLEASE OON'T BE
ANGRY WITH ME

WARD SAN MONTE, BUT

WOON LEAVING THE SENATE CHAMBERS,

SARITAL SOY, Hi AT THE MORGUE OF 4 LOCAL
CuaRK SI A PICTURE OF A FURTVE WS ees
MAN SPEAMING SWiETLY TO SENATOR NEWS RACES 2
THe GACLEmy BARROWS

(S THAT SENATOR:
Ca ‘SPEAKING?|

7 TOLD You REVER

IN PUBLIC | hea
My HOME. TONIGHT
es

[hdd am f

EIGHT -THRTY RM f
ees SENATOR eont)
RESIDENCE. . -
AN BAVESDROPPER LISTENS
IN ON AN INTERESTING
CONVERSATION 7

THERES NO OOUBT ABOUT IT!
THE BILL WiLt BE PASSED
BEFORE ITS FULL IMPLICATIONS
ARE REALIZED. BEFORE }
ANY REMEDIAL STEPS CAN

| Suppose youRE

GOING To BE WELL

TAKEN CARE OF
YOURSELF ?

WiLL BE EMBROILED
WITH &UROP! FINE | 7
WELL TAKE CARE
OF YOU FINAN-
CIALLY FOR THIS

WHOS THE CHAP
SPEAKING TO
TO SPEAK TO M: SENATOR
BARROWS 2

WHY, THATS
ALEX GREER, THE
@ SUICKEST Logay.
IN WASHINGTON .
NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT INTERESTS
KM

QUIT SPUTTERING /]
| HAD To SEB YOu.
TELL ME: BO you

THINK YOu'LL succeed
IN PUSHING THe @iLL
THRU?

YOU BET HE }
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ft

so ET
OF THESE SILENT
EH? WELL
SEE’ WHETHER
CULL TALK.

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ei

BIRDS SIT ON TELEPHONE
WIRES AND THEY AREN'T
ELECTROCUTED ——

wer NSS UNLESS cops: —
nL MA ela ALMOST TOUCHED
TELEPHONE-POLE THAT PO: 7
ANO ARE GROUNDED! es LE!

LOOK! —— THE
CapiTOL! LETS
Pay IT A VISIT!

1 WONDER IF WE
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JUMP Au
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DING ?

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AND SO BEGINS THE STARTLING AOVENTURES
OF THE MOST SENSATIONAL STRIP CHARACTER
OF ALL TIME:

A PHYSICAL MARVEL,

A MENTAL WONDER,

SUPERMAN (S DESTINED

TO RESHAPE THE OESTINY
OFA WORLO/